U.S. Census Bureau
 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




Second Quarter 2005 


Table 4.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the
                United States:  Second Quarter 2004 and 2005

(Estimates are in thousands and may not add to total, due to rounding)


                                    Second    Second   90-Percent
                                   quarter   quarter Confidence interval(±)a  2005
Type                                 2004      2005    of 2005       of      Percent
                                   estimate  estimate  estimate  difference  of total

All housing units.................  122,002   123,732       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  106,066   107,850       336        307        87
    Owner occupied................   73,449    73,974       633        432        60
    Renter occupied...............   32,617    33,876       536        412        27

  Vacant..........................   15,936    15,882       352        314        13
    Year-round vacant.............   11,947    11,970       345        298        10
      For rent....................    3,775     3,720       171        192         3
      For sale only...............    1,261     1,370        89        110         1
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........    1,079     1,073        72        101         1
      Held off market.............    5,832     5,807       247        215         5
        For occasional use........    1,965     1,946       145        127         2
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,066     1,112       110         95         1
        For other reasons.........    2,801     2,749       172        150         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,989     3,912       227        200         3

    aA 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliability.
The larger the confidence interval is, in relation to the size of the estimate, the less 
reliable the estimate.
    (X)  Not Applicable.  Since the number of housing units is set equal to an independent 
national measure, there is no sampling error, and hence no confidence interval.
NOTE:  Since first quarter 2003, the Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey 
(CPS/HVS) estimates have been controlled to independent housing unit counts.  Doing so 
should make the CPS/HVS estimate of housing units more comparable to other Census Bureau 
housing surveys.

Go to Housing Vacancies and Homeownership: Second Quarter 2005
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: July 28, 2005